Nathan lidzbabsky



N. LIDZBARSKY.

FINGER RING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1916.

' 1,195,244. v PatentedAug. 22,1916.

Knmifv glam k PM NATHAN LIDZBABSKY, 01 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FINGER-RING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Applicatlon'flledrebruary as, 1910. Serial No; saw.

f0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN Lmzaansxr, a subject of the Czarof Russia,whose,residenceand post-office is Jerome of New York, have invented vand useful Improvements in; Fmger-Rings,

fully described and represented-in the fol lowing specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.v

This invention relates to high grade finger rings, provided with a seathaving a recess to receive a miniature or small'photograph in such amanner that said miniature is normally concealed when the ring is worn;and

so constructed that the will retain the same ornamental appearance as isfound in ewel rings not provided with a miniature, of this character.

This invention will be understood by ref:

erence to the annexed drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view; Fig. 2an enlarged edge view part1 in section with the lower portion of theshank broken away; and Fig. 3 is a plan of the recess containingtheminiature, the head being removed.v Fig. 3* is a cross section takenon line 4-4 in Fig; 1.

A is theshank of the ring, preferably/of hollow construction as shown inthe draw is the head or top; said head is secured to the shank of thering by hinge a, b is a;

seat having a recess to receive miniature 0; thus the head is adapted toswing on the hinge a, and is provided with shoulder d" to: engage withthe notch a on a spring d (termed-a snap-catch herein) when in a closedposition. When the -headis closed it may be automatically opened by thepressure of the fingernail upon a stud projected from the springsnap-catch thus releasing the head an permitting the lifting-spring g tooperate against the lug g and swing the head open, so as to expose theminiature. The bodies of the said spring snap-catch and lifting-springare wholly inclosed within the hollow shank of the ring at oppositesides of the head and are practically invisible, either when the cap isopen or closed. When the cap is closed the marginal edges k of the caprest on edges 1 of the seat I) thus providing a firm support for thecap. it and h are removable ins provided to pass through one side of t eshank and to engage with the bent up end of the spring ins are not asthe' engravinig on, the s ank wholly conceals .them.'f it will bestreet, Brooklyn, borough -ofQueensystate certain new..

seen-thatt e springsare removable, which is a most tial feature as it isgenerally necessary to heat faring in order to change its-size,(especially in" high grade 'rings made of platinum) and this-could notbe donelwithout injuryto the springs were they not made removable;

It is common in a high -ewel'ring of this chara'cter to form the 'he'ad,for holding the jewels,' of thin metal inthe form of a hol low cap,in'my' construction one end of the said :cap is to-the shank of the ringand theopposite end is provided with 'a shoulder'toengage with thesnap-catch, Y thus when the cap is closed the hollow on the under sideof thecap allows room for the seat of the miniature, and when said capis in such closed positionthe marginal edges of the cap. rest upon theouter edges A of the seat, said seat beingin the form of a bridge andforming lthe upper portion of fltheshanka Q I When a ring isprovidedwith a jewel setting it is common to 'make the head or cap whichcarries the setting'integral with the shan'kof the ring and the presentconstruction secures such integral appearance of the ring, while itpermits j the opening of the i jcap for exposin the miniature to view.To f producethis efiect upon the eye the curve line of the shank isconnected with a reverse curve upon the ends of the cap as shown in Fig.1; the'cap being formed at its opposite flen s with such reverse curvesto maintain the usual pleasing appearance of the ring. i In thisinvention I have utilized the space under thehead to receive thereceptacle or Seat which holds the miniature and by the utilization ofsuch space I arn able to make a high grade ring of this character withthe same outward appearance as rings not provided with this improvement,and I have thus efiected a greatiimprovement in the art, as it is. wellknown that in expensive rings the user is very'particular as to apfullartistic value of the ring. 7

I am aware that other rings of this style have been patented but haveproven impractical for the reason that they have failed to retain theirgeneral ornamental appearance and are therefore wholly unpearance, anddesirous of preserving the I salable. Unless an article of this kind,has equal ornamental qualities with other rings not having thisimprovement, it loses its value as a high class article.

In my construction I employ a head as is commonly used and so formed asto provide a cupped or concaved underside and I utilize this space forthe reception of a miniature and by so employin the said head I am ableto construct a ring that will present the least difference in characterfrom other jewel rings.

Now having described my improvements I claim as my invention- A fingerring having a hollow shank, a seat for a miniature located on the upperportion of the shank, a; head in the form of a cap provided with a jewelsetting, the

cap being hinged at one end to the shank and the marginal edges of thecap being adapted to rest upon the outer edges of the seat when the capis closed, the shank of the ring provided with a spring snap-catch toengage with the opposite end of the cap and hold it in position whenclosed, and a lifting spring arranged and operated to raise the capautomatically when the snap-catch is pressed, the bodies of the liftingspring and the spring of the snap-catch being wholly inclosed within thehollow shank of the ring, and means for holding the said springsremovably in position. v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

NATHAN LIDZBARSKY.

